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Indonesia has deployed a warship to its North Natuna Sea to monitor a Chinese coast guard vessel that has been active in a resource-rich maritime area, the country’s naval chief said on Saturday of an area that both countries claim as their own. Ship tracking data shows the vessel, CCG …

Temperatures in the northern mountainous regions of Vietnam are forecasted to drop to below 3 degrees Celsius as strong and cold air descends on the area starting Sunday. The midlands and plains will see temperatures fall to 9-11 degrees Celsius, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. Northern Vietnam …

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on Friday for 25 international guests from 15 countries who came to Vietnam for the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords. President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) receives international guests who came to Vietnam for the celebration of …

Vietnam asked Japan for the second time Friday for support in building a north-south high-speed railway. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh made the request during a meeting with Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki in Hanoi. It was the second time the Vietnamese PM made the request towards Japan regarding the …

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) on Friday held a get-together for historical witnesses to look back on the Peace Accords which was signed on January 27, 1973. The event drew 26 international friends from friendship and peace organization in 15 countries, who have directly or indirectly supported Vietnam …

England will ban a range of single-use plastic items such as cutlery, plates and bowls from October in an effort to limit soaring plastic pollution, Britain’s environment department said on Saturday. The decision follows a public consultation by the government in which 95% of respondents were in favor of the …

A Miss Universe contestant from El Salvador strutted onto stage this week wearing a bitcoin-inspired gold bodysuit, a glittering tribute to her country becoming the world’s first to adopt the crypto-currency as legal tender two years ago. Alejandra Guajardo, the Salvadoran beauty queen set to compete at the global contest’s …

Deputy chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung has been expelled from the Party by the Secretariat, three weeks after being arrested for allegedly receiving bribes. In a Friday meeting, the Secretariat declared that Dung had violated democratic centralism principlesas well as Party regulations and the law. He …

Tesla has slashed prices on its electric vehicles in the United States and Europe, the automaker’s website shows, extending a new strategy of aggressive discounting after missing Wall Street estimates for deliveries. The U.S. price cuts, announced late Thursday in U.S. time on the Model 3 sedan and Model Y …

Former head of the government office Mai Tien Dung received a warning from the Communist Party’s Secretariat on Friday, one day after he was recommended for discipline by the Party’s Central Inspection Commission. The warning was issued after the Secretariat reviewed Dung’s violations in the past as head of the …